Oak Lawn Live: Music and Arts Festival
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Oak Lawn Live brings music, art, food, vendors, and community experiences to Cedar Springs on September 19, 2026. The 18+ festival features three stages across four city blocks, with free admission and a suggested $20 donation.
House Music Feels Like Home: Mixed Majesty at Alexandre’s
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For Mixed Majesty, house music has always felt like home. Ahead of the first Floor Freedom Found. night at Alexandre’s, the young DJ and producer reflects on music, identity, belonging, and creating something meaningful in Oak Lawn.
Vibrant Visions on The Strip: Announcing ‘Walls of Pride’ & Call for Muralists
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CSMA and Arttitude are launching Walls of Pride Oak Lawn Gayborhood, a public art initiative bringing large-scale murals, local artists, and LGBTQ+ storytelling to Cedar Springs.
Town Hall at Oak Lawn Library: Save the Books
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Council Member Paul Ridley will host a Dallas budget town hall at Oak Lawn Library on August 13. Residents can address library funding, neighborhood branches, and the proposed flagship model.
Find Your Tune at the Oak Lawn Band Volunteer Day
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Join the Oak Lawn Band Volunteer Day on July 25 in Dallas. Learn how to support events, serve on committees, and help OLB grow.
The Next Chapter of Cedar Springs Starts With You
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The Oak Lawn Strip has always been shaped by the people who show up. On Tuesday, June 30, younger LGBTQ+ Dallas community members are invited to bring their ideas, questions, and vision to the Community Town Hall at Round-Up Saloon.
Bike Racks on the Strip! Ribbon Cutting
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CSMA is celebrating 18 new rainbow bike racks on the Strip with a ribbon cutting at Hunky’s Plaza on Monday, June 29 at 6 PM.
A Letter from The Market on the Strip to You
The Market on the Strip began with a simple goal: support the Oak Lawn community, uplift LGBTQ vendors, and help small businesses grow on Cedar Springs.
UPDATED: Work Underway – Oak Lawn Library’s New Pride Steps
UPDATE: Monday, June 22nd, 2026 – Work is now underway to paint the Oak Lawn Library steps a progress rainbow. Painting should conclude sometime this week, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, June 27, 2026, with the City of Dallas, various departments, and local affiliates. Please make sure you attend….
Drag Days of Summer
Join Drag Days of Summer at The Market on the Strip for a drag show hosted by Cassie Nova, brunch by Roy G’s, drink specials, and an indoor market featuring more than 20 LGBTQ-owned and ally businesses.
CSMA Announces Pride Month Projects
If you’ve walked the Oak Lawn Strip lately, you’ve felt it: that stubborn, electric hum under the pavement. It’s the sound of a neighborhood that has been pushed and refused to stumble. Earlier this year, the rainbow crosswalks that welcomed thousands of feet to this corridor were scraped away. In…
Pride Inside the Library – DANCE PARTY!
This June, the Oak Lawn Branch Library is serving full-on Pride realness as it transforms into PRIDE INSIDE THE LIBRARY: DANCE PARTY, the fiercest, most fabulous version of our annual Pride celebration! Legendary DJ Dei Juane will be spinning every Pride anthem you love—old school, new hits, and everything in…
UPDATED: Oak Lawn Library to Receive Community-Funded Mural
July 30, 2026 – Today the Cedar Springs Merchant Association received an email from the Friends of Oak Lawn Library Branch with a projected timeline for the mural. In an email reviewed from Library Director Manya Shorr, she tells Councilperson Paul Ridley that the artists will start in early August….
Wine. Walk. Werk.
PRIDE WINE WALK IS BACK, BABY Dallas, put on your shortest shorts, fluff your fans, and prepare your livers because the June Pride Cedar Springs Wine Walk is taking over the Strip on Thursday, June 4 from 6PM to 9PM and she is going to be ABSOLUTELY UNHINGED in the best possible way. This…
Before EDM Was Mainstream, Queer People Built the Sound
Before EDM became mainstream, queer artists were shaping it’s sound. These queer pioneers helped build the musical language of modern dance culture.
Queer Art: The Intersection of Resistance, Art, and Public Space
Queer art and resistance have long shaped public space, from ancient visibility and wartime defiance to AIDS activism, murals, and street art.
Chakk de Songkran – Celebrating Queer Asian Joy!
DSQO and Masala Nights present Chakk de Songkran, a joyful Dallas celebration honoring Vaisakhi, Songkran, queer Asian identity, and community.
Oak Lawn Band Brings Symphonic Promenade to Moody Performance Hall on May 16
Join the Oak Lawn Band on May 16 at Moody Performance Hall for Symphonic Promenade: May I Have This Dance? Buy tickets and learn more.
Symphonic Promenade: May I Have This Dance?
Join the Oak Lawn Band for Symphonic Promenade: May I Have This Dance?, a spring concert celebrating movement, music, and community. This season finale brings together dance-inspired music from many cultures, genres, and eras. It offers audiences a joyful afternoon centered on artistic excellence, cultural expression, and connection. Audiences can…